The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men -- a quiet loner (Clint Eastwood), a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit -- comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold. In his third classic spaghetti Western with Eastwood, director Sergio Leone continues to shake up the genre with stylish photography, a hefty dose of cynicism and an instantly recognizable score.